Spent the middle of the day walking on the Glennifer and Brownside Braes. Wind and rain meant birds were mostly taking shelter or keeping on the move. However there were several big flocks of mixed corvids (mainly Jackdaws and Rooks) and mixed thrushes (mostly Fieldfares with a few Redwings, accompanied by large numbers of Starlings). A medium-sized, brown, wader-like bird flying across a gorse-covered hillside was probably a Woodcock. Down at Brownside Farm, a field of grass held Fieldfare (c30), Redwing (1), Starling (4), Chaffinch (1), Goldfinch (2) and Pheasant (1) (the latter being a very scarce bird in my area of south west Glasgow). A female Bullfinch was feeding quietly nearby.
Heading home via Dykebar and Hawkhead Woodland, two Coal Tits were singing to eachother near Grahamston and a male Kestrel was on a lampost at the start of the Hurlet.


Glenburn Reservoir (above) and Brownside Farm (below)